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Old 07-27-2008, 11:11 PM
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I wonder if there'd be any benefit to boring out the stock part and putting a nice stainless sleeve in there.
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The failures I have seen has been the steel rod deforming the aluminum piston. This is with a clutchmasters stage 3 KIT.



What if we machined a SS piston, or a SS seat to spread the load across the piston surface. This would eliminate the the piston damage.
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Old 07-28-2008, 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Arkmage
it's the choice of materials they used... the cylinder is too porous and accelerates the seal wear.

Sounds like a sound theory... but wouldn't there be enough variation between OE parts and various aftermarket units such that this would be difficult to prove conclusively? They couldn't all be using the same inferior castings, right?
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My fluid is black, thought the resoviour was just dirty. WRONG. I guess I'll be doing this shortly
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Originally Posted by chucker
Sounds like a sound theory... but wouldn't there be enough variation between OE parts and various aftermarket units such that this would be difficult to prove conclusively? They couldn't all be using the same inferior castings, right?
castings = crap for sealing surfaces... even when honed and polished they are far from ideal. on the bright side the more times you rebuild it the more seal material get's worn into the voids. Eventually the bore will smooth out, but it may take 10-15 rebuilds to finally get it good enough to last.
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I'm doing this job soon too, anything special I should know?
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Old 07-29-2008, 08:10 AM
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not really, pretty easy. needs 8,10,12mm tools
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Originally Posted by Ben
not really, pretty easy. needs 8,10,12mm tools

'bout what I thought...just easy to check since we're talking about it before I'm under the car.
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